VENEZUELA - Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora has filed the necessary paper work and will play for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, which starts in March. Mora, who had a strong bounce back season last year, hitting ...

SOUTH KOREA - Korea’s secondary roster of 32 candidates to play in the second World Baseball Classic in March has been announced.  Included were slugger Lee Seung-yeop of Japan’s Yomiuri Giants and pitcher Park Chan-ho of the Philadelphia Phillies. Lee had repeated his intent not to play in the competition, and ...

USA - NEW YORK -- Anheuser-Busch InBev NV and MasterCard Inc. won’t return as sponsors of the World Baseball Classic next year. MasterCard was one of two global partners for the inaugural country-against-country event in 2006, while Anheuser-Busch was a partner in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. PepsiCo Inc. may also ...

USA - Mets third baseman David Wright will get to share the left side of the infield with Derek Jeter as part of the U.S. team in the World Baseball Classic in March. Wright will take the ...

USA - Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann will get a chance to play for the United States after accepting an invitation to play in the second World Baseball Classic slated in March 2008. McCann will be joining teammate Chipper Jones when Team USA competes in the upcoming Classic, which will be ...

AUSTRALIA - Olympic Games Silver Medal winning coach Jon Deeble will return as Australia's manager for the 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC). Deeble, the Australian National Team manager since 2000, heads what he views as the "best-ever" coaching staff to guide an Australian team. Local baseball legends Phil Dale, Tony ...

USA - Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard has informed Team USA manager Davey Johnson that he will not play in the World Baseball Classic, The Inquirer reported Saturday. "He feels like he needs to spend his time in ...